Smadar Lavie

Smadar Lavie is a Mizrahi Israeli anthropologist, author, and activist specializing in the anthropology of Egypt, Israel and Palestine, with special emphasis on issues of race, gender and religion.[1][2]. Dr. Lavie was awarded the 2009 Gloria Anzaldua Prize from the American Studies Association[1] for her paper titled, Staying Put: Crossing the Palestine/Israel Border with Gloria Anzaldúa.[2]

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Academic Life

Dr. Lavie received her BA in Social Anthropology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1980 (Majors: Sociology and Social Anthropology; Minors: Medieval Islamic Civilization, Musicology) [3]. Lavie received her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California-Berkeley in 1989 and was awarded the Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award from the Middle East Studies Association for her dissertation titled, The Poetics of Military Occupation: Mzeina Allegories of Bedouin Identity under Israeli and Egyptian Rule,[3] which was later published by the University of California Press.[4]

In 1990, Lavie became an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Critical Theory at the University of California, Davis,[4][5][6] [7] where she was promoted to an Associate Professorship in 1994 [8][9][10].

In 1999, for family reasons, she moved back to Israel, and taught at the Anthropology and Women's Studies departments of Beit Berl College.[11] During academic years 2007-2009, she held the Hubert H. Humphrey Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Macalester College. For academic year 2009/10 Lavie is an associate professor visiting the University of Virginia's interdisciplinary Studies in Women and Gender program.[5]

Activism

Professor Lavie is a member of the Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition, of Ahoti for Women in Israel, and of other political, feminist and anti-racist organizations.

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References

  1. ^ American Studies Association. 2010. The Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award for Independent Scholars and Contingent Faculty: Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award Recipients. Accessed 16 October 2010.
  2. ^ Studies in Women & Gender at the University of VIrginia. 2009. SWAG Announcements. Accessed 16 October 2010.
  3. ^ Middle East Studies Association. 2010. Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Award Recipients, 1982-2009. Accessed 13 October 2010.
  4. ^ University of California Press. 2010. Publisher's Book Page. Accessed 13 October 2010.
  5. ^ Andrew, Katie (2 March 2010). "Visiting Professor Illuminates Plight of Mizrahi Women in Israel in Light of the Palestine-Israel Conflict". UVA Today. University of Virginia. http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=11151. Retrieved 27 March 2010.